Recording News

Bassist Mark Egan Teams With Guitarist John Abercrombie and Drummer Danny Gottlieb For Ambitious 2-CD Set on Wavetone Records

Source: All About Jazz
September 13, 2006

One of the premier electric bassists of contemporary jazz, Mark Egan has distinguished himself as an in-demand session player, valued sideman and respected leader in his own right. His distinctive fretless bass sound has graced countless jazz and pop albums as well as award winning movie and television soundtracks. A charter member of the Pat Metheny Group, he has played on multi platinum-selling recordings by Sting, Arcadia and Joan Osborne and has also recorded with the likes of Roger Daltry, ...

Continue Reading...

Guitar Virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel Marks Triumphant Return To The U.S With "Live At Her Majesty's Theatre, Ballarat, Australia"

Source: On Target Media Group
September 12, 2006

DVD Out July 11 And The Mystery Album Out August 22 Both On Favored Nations Acoustic

Major Summer/Fall U.S. Tour To Support Releases On Target Media Group Spearheading Internet Marketing Campaign; Seeking Reviews, Feature Stories, Interviews, Streaming Content, Web Links, and Giveaways.

Los Angeles, CA - An array of sights and sounds for six-string aficionados will be seen and heard throughout the summer as guitar virtuoso and Grammy Award nominee TOMMY EMMANUEL c.g.p. gives fans a double dose of his ...

Continue Reading...

Somethingfour Releases New Studio Album

Source: All About Jazz
September 12, 2006

BAY AREA BAND PUTS A NEW TWIST ON JAZZ IN THEIR FIRST RELEASE

Somethingfour pays homage to their jazz roots with their first recording effort According to the Laws of Chance. The four-piece instrumental band avoids pop cliches and rewards the adventurous listener with intricate songs in odd meters demonstrating the ensemble's ability to compose and improvise. With nods to Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Bill Frisell, Somethingfour's new album is sure to be embraced by the jamband audience as ...

Continue Reading...

Spheres Duo Release "Works, Vol.1"

Source: All About Jazz
September 12, 2006

Those familiar with previous releases of this singular duo - such as Cycles, Registers, Spheres Duo In Concert - are by now well aware of its unique instrumental combination and sound production. Each of their albums, the present one included, is enhanced by the duo's playing (almost) exclusively their own composition. Both Zvi Joffe (vibraphone, percussion) and Arnon Zimra (piano) are well-educated, well-trained musicians who co-compose their works.

This disc thankfully delivers me from any braggadocio about having enjoyed its ...

Continue Reading...

Jazz vocalist Russ Lorenson releases his new holiday CD on LML Music

Source: All About Jazz
September 12, 2006

RL Productions and LML Music announce the release of jazz vocalist Russ Lorenson's new holiday CD, What I Want For Christmas, today, September 12, 2006.

Fall is in the air, and the holidays will be here before you know it. Settle into the season with Russ Lorenson's holiday album, What I Want For Christmas, available from LML Music on September 12, 2006. With songs by such great composers and lyricists as Irving Berlin, Johnny Mercer, Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn, and ...

Continue Reading...

Vocalist/Composer Chris McNulty Celebrates Release Of New CD "Whispers the Heart" on Elefant Dreams Records

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
September 12, 2006

With Frank Wess, Ingrid Jensen, Paul Bollenback, Dave Pietro, Ed Howard, Gary Versace, Tineke Postma, Matt Wilson, Montez Coleman and Rogerio Boccato Jazz vocalist/composer Chris McNulty's new CD Whispers the Heart, out September 12, 2006 on the Elefant Dreams label, showcases her unique vision, strong individual style and boundless creative energy. Her risk-taking, fluid, and powerful emotional approach support but never compromise her musical sensibilities as she combines her talent as both vocalist and composer. She is consummate musician with ...

Continue Reading...

Tribal Tech Keyboardist Scott Kinsey releases all-star debut album

Source: All About Jazz
September 7, 2006

Abstract Logix is excited to sign keyboardist Scott Kinsey to its record label. An important musical force in contemporary times, Scott has been a vital force with Tribal Tech, Scott Henderson, Joe Zawinul, Bob Belden, Nicholas Payton, and have also appeared on soundtracks to such films as Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve, Code 46, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Brown Sugar, Smokin' Aces and Analyze That!

Kinesthetics has been one of the most requested releases this year and showcases the tremendous ...

Continue Reading...

Rob Reddy To Launch Reddy Music Label With New Sextet Release

Source: Improvised Communications
September 7, 2006

On October 24th, veteran saxophonist/composer Rob Reddy will launch his Reddy Music label with A Hundred Jumping Devils (Reddy Music RED-001), the debut release from his new sextet, Rob Reddy's Gift Horse. Featuring Mark Taylor (French horn), Charles Burnham (violin), Brandon Ross (acoustic and electric guitars), Dom Richards (double bass) and Mino Cinelu (percussion), the group explores a hauntingly eclectic mix of Reddy originals inspired by hymns, processionals, threnodies, ballads, sambas and more.

“By turns somber and spritely, abstract and ...

Continue Reading...